(Be-lated) Nov. 26th - "I'm Thankful for: "

    Today I am taking a turn from the normal way I do this. Our friend Josh Emm. had posted this thought provoking question on his Face-book page, and I wanted to share it with all of you.  Feel free to answer it in our comments section!

     "if you woke up today, and only had left what you thanked God for yesterday, what would you have?"




The 2010 "I'm Thankful for: " Challenge   - if you don't know what this is, follow the lead on our side bar. 

Nov. 24th - "I'm thankful for: "

     Food. Delicious, "oh this is g-o-o-d! ", taste buds tantalizing, food.
     According to the way that I wrote that last sentence, you can tell that there are some types of food I am not really thankful for {besides just peas, Dad}. And yes, some of those foods are most likely foods that you are ever so thankful for. Therefore, I'll be generous and let you have my portion of them too o;-b.    

     I have toyed with how to write up this particular subject matter for quite some time. I was going to go this direction with it, then that, but then again maybe.... . I had already done the one about being thankful for pies, so maybe I would stick to doing this one only about the main meal part of the food categories. Then again, I could link in those postings (on our old site) I had done about Jefferson's Monticello. Or the one about how big a library would have to be, to include every families recipes for any and all dishes.
    Then earlier this week Brian posted something on Face-book that I thought I should share part of with you. And then this morning I opened an email from our friend Sharon Or. that I got quite a chuckle out of.
    So, instead of going on and on about different types of foods. I have instead chosen to share those with you. ;-) They are after all, about food. o;-p

    (I have no idea where on the web I had found this years ago. Sorry!)

     From Brian's Face-book page:
          "Everyone knows animals belong in their natural habitat,
           right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy"

    From Sharon Or. via email:
           "Twas The Night Of Thanksgiving"
    (no author was listed, so I do not know whom to give the credit to :-[ )
               (I added the very last line ...)
  

TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,

BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.

I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,

I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.

THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -

THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,

BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION

WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,

THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.

SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,

AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.

GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,

PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.

I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,

'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.

I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,

WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.

BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....

HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,

MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.

MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.

MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.

MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,

MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!

HAPPY   THANKSGIVING   TO  ALL,

AND TO ALL, MAY YOUR BELT GROW TOO TIGHT. 

The 2010 "I'm Thankful for: " Challenge   - if you don't know what this is, follow the lead on our side bar. 

The 2010 "I'm thankful for :" Challenge -

           (I found this picture on-line years ago, no idea where, sorry!)

    In the past, I have talked about how being thankful is an attitude. An attitude that we should adopt. We need to strive to be 'the glass is half full' *  type of people.  Having a thankful attitude creates a far more positive outlook / perspective on life, thus drastic improving our 'coping with life' skills.
     While we 'should' have a "I'm thankful for:" list, that we frequently re-read and continually add to, most of us wait till around Thanksgiving to actually get around to making that years list, or at the least, mentally thinking about one.
     Yes, I just admitted that I too am guilty of not always physically writing my list down. So I decided that for the month of November, I am going to strive to daily take action on that. And then the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea of encouraging all of you to join me in doing so too.
     Therefore (according to, and because of [o;-p]), I am hereby issuing a challenge to each and every one of you, whether you have a blog of your own or not.
     For the entire month of November -
~  if your a blog owner - daily post on your own blog something specific that you are thankful for. If you sometimes want to include a picture of the item, your welcome to. It's YOUR "I'm thankful for:" list, do it the way your most comfortable with. You could include it at the top or the bottom of what ever else your posting that day, or you could make it it's own separate posting every day.
~ for those of you whom don't have your own blog: you are highly encouraged to participate anyways!!!!  Daily visit our blog and leave that day's "I'm thankful for:" item as a comment under what we post as being thankful for that particular day. Since you don't have a blog of your own, you can comment under the 'anonymous' category, thou we do ask that you add your name either before or after your "I'm thankful for:".

    Fellow bloggers - both in the spirit of encouraging one another to do this, as well as the usual always wanting others to visit our sites, we will be "publishing" a listing of all of you whom decide to rise to our challenge. Just leave your name and a link to your site in the comment section of this particular posting. We will then come back and edit this posting and add your names and sites at the bottom of this posting. (Hopefully that makes sense.)  For the course of the month of November, we will also feature a special link to this posting on our side bar, so that others can easily access the whole list. 

   Now, about the * near the beginning of this posting - keeping in mind that humor reigns in this household, our eldest son's high school Sr. quote was - "I don't care if the glass is half empty or half full, all I know is I ordered a cheeseburger!!" ;-p 
   I know it's not yet November, but I am V-E-R-Y thankful for humor!!!

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The 2010 "I'm Thankful for: " Challenge  Participants:

DeAnna from Coffee On The Table

Cate from Call Me Cate

'my' Kate, via her Facebook page

Martha (MM) from Meandering - Martha

Katy Lin  from The Great Adventure